I’m going to do a series of posts of my favourite photos from 2010.  You can vote on your favourite of my 2010 wedding photos on Facebook here, to help one lucky couple win a prize.

I focused primarily on weddings and couple portraits this year, and will likely continue to do so. However, I had several different types of portrait shoots throughout the year: creative professional headshots, family portraits, individual portraits, and my first ever newborn shoot.  I think different kinds of portrait sessions allow me to exercise my creativity and think about things in different ways.  I also got to meet a bunch of cool people.

I got to do some family portraits for my old friend Marsha. What do you get when you cross two beautiful people? The most absurdly adorable kid you’ve ever seen. Two year olds are the most hyper kids ever. I don’t know how family portrait photographers do it.

I went home to Niagara Falls to visit my parents for Thanksgiving and got to see Marsha for the first time in about a year and a half.  Claudia was just crawling around then and now she can’t stop running around.   She totally loved the camera and had endless energy.  We took these photos at a park on Lake Ontario in St. Catharines, and let Claudia have at the playground at the end.

Claude hired me from Winnipeg to take some family portraits in Victoria, when he came to visit his new grandchild.  It’s always interesting to finally meet people at their portrait sessions when I hadn’t met them before.  This whole family (and their dog) was very friendly and fun.  They didn’t want traditional “gathering around a rock” family portraits and had a bunch of great ideas of their own.  The sun was a bit harsh that day, but I tried to use it to my advantage.  I’m actually a big fan of bright white skies and sun flare.  And I love getting that sparkling ocean in my photos.